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DNS errors RBK753
I have occasional DNS errors and reloading the page resolves it. Here is the link for details from other people who had same issue but no resolution was provided. Any ideas? https://community.net...
Ace321 wrote:I just tried following 2 steps and it may have resolved the issue. However I need to wait for couple of days to confirm.
1) Hard reset router and satelites.
2) After reset step I set static DNS primary as 75.75.75.75 (Comcast) and Secondary DNS 208.67.222.222.
I tried step 2 without step 1 and it did not work. I tried hard reset without Step 2 and that solution did not work either.
If this continue to work, it may be a firmware issue vs hardware issue.
I'm watching this thread. As a data point, for my Orbi units, I'm not using the ISP (Verizon FIOS) DNS servers but instead, have mine pointing to:
Primary: 1.1.1.1 - Cloudflare
Secondary: 8.8.4.4 - Google
One thing that I did to get the most optimal DNS Servers for my location was using a tool named DNS Benchmark. It will test a bunch of different DNS Servers for you and spit out a report to let you know which ones are the most ideal, which ended up being OpenDNS for me. I used to also use Google DNS, both of which outperformed the Comcast DNS Servers in my area.
campolo313 wrote:One thing that I did to get the most optimal DNS Servers for my location was using a tool named DNS Benchmark. It will test a bunch of different DNS Servers for you and spit out a report to let you know which ones are the most ideal, which ended up being OpenDNS for me. I used to also use Google DNS, both of which outperformed the Comcast DNS Servers in my area.
Regarding DNS Benchmark, is it this? Thanks for the tip!
https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm
dtay wrote:
campolo313 wrote:One thing that I did to get the most optimal DNS Servers for my location was using a tool named DNS Benchmark. It will test a bunch of different DNS Servers for you and spit out a report to let you know which ones are the most ideal, which ended up being OpenDNS for me. I used to also use Google DNS, both of which outperformed the Comcast DNS Servers in my area.
Regarding DNS Benchmark, is it this? Thanks for the tip!
https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm
Yup! That's the one
campolo313 wrote:
dtay wrote:
campolo313 wrote:One thing that I did to get the most optimal DNS Servers for my location was using a tool named DNS Benchmark. It will test a bunch of different DNS Servers for you and spit out a report to let you know which ones are the most ideal, which ended up being OpenDNS for me. I used to also use Google DNS, both of which outperformed the Comcast DNS Servers in my area.
Regarding DNS Benchmark, is it this? Thanks for the tip!
https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm
Yup! That's the one
I installed and ran it and was surprised at the results; I would have thought the "big boys" such as Google, OpenDNS, etc. would be the top but instead I see a lot of names that I don't recognize as being the fastest:
1st place: 129.250.35.250 - x.ns.gin.ntt.net - NTT-COMMUNICATIONS-2194
2nd place: 156.154.70.1 - rdns1.ultradns.net - ULTRADNS
3rd to 5th place were ULTRANDNS servers
6th place was NTT-COMMUNICATIONS again
7th place was ULTRADNS
8th place was OPENDNS
9th place was ULTRADNS
10th place was OPENDNS
Interesting!
I recommend running any DNS benchmarks with a wired PC directly connected to the ISP modem or ONT. Running behind a router could cause inaccurate results. I used to use Googles DNS Namebench years ago. Good program.
